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*Advanced collocations* 1) "To Wholeheartedly agree" (To completely and enthusiastically agree) 2) "To respectfully disagree" 3) "To forge relationships" (To make an effort to create strong connection/bond with someone) 4) "To extol virtues" (To praise positive qualities) 5) "To be extricably linked" (things which cannot be separated, which have an essential connection) 6) "To render speechless" (To surprise someone so that they can't speak anything) 7) "To scupper a plan" (To cause a plan to fail) 8) "Scathing attack" (Very critical or unkind verbal attack) 9) "Blissfully unaware" (Not knowing something unpleasant) 10) "Rekindle the passion/love" (To have strong, positive feelings for someone/something again)
Fruitful lesson as always! As a Senior in a developing country, with not so sizeable financial support, I appreciate your benevolence, not many people would do what you do for free. Keep up the good work, pal.
I have never had such q a good English teacher in real life hpp H yes I did have but they were nt natives and they are ar university level I ml ean a teacher f English
*A huge thanks to Ben from me, an English learner! I'm wholeheartedly grateful to you bro! You're cool guy!* *As to the lesson, I've never heard some of these phrases before, they have really turned out to be absolutely new* *and unknown for me! Thanks Ben! From now on will I take all of them into my consideration! (did I use the* *inversion correctly hopefully?!) I'd also like to thank you for the lesson about how to use an inversion, I memorized* *and wrote down all the examples you gave there! On the whole, I'm fond of any kind of your videos if they're for* *C1-C2 levels because that's exactly what I'm seeking to!* *Have a nice week, Ben! The best luck and I'll see you in there soon!*
I "wholeheartedly agree" with all of your follower comments that "extol the virtues" of your channel, since your lessons are "inextricably linked" with high-quality teachings, which always render me spechless. All of us should "forge relationships" in order to make your channel bigger and bigger, which, by the way, is "highly likely" to happen due to its great contents. I'll launch a "scarthing atack" to those who dare not praise your efforts, I'd preffer to be "blissfully unaware" of them, actually. Please Ben, don't "scupper my plan" of moving forward in my learning process and keep up with your outstanding work that "rekindle my passion" for English. (Ben, excuse me for all the mistakes I made in this comment. The only thing I was looking for was to practice these collocations, which has been quite a challenge!!! I'll be always grateful to you).
I wholeheartidly with some people on the fact that we should avail ourselves of the historical events in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes that humanity made in the past.
Mother nature and humans are inextricably linked (inextricably intertwined with each other) to each other. It's of paramount importance that governments cooperate with each other to lay out a new plan to restore the environment because the health of humans depends upon a healthy environment
I was blissfully unaware that there is such a captivating channel in utupe to brush up on my English. The video rekindle my passion for learning advance English
Though I wholeheartedly agree with other commenters on virtues of your lessons, speaking of myself, I'd say that your lessons, Ben, have rekindled my wish to learn the language.
I always learn new words when listening to your vlogs. Mosttimes those words were passively already in my memory. But today I really heard new English words, like to extol or to scupper. I see, I am not yet on any C-level.
I was literally rendered speechless when I realised I had not subscribed to the @tothepointenglishwithben channel, since it had been one of my favourite channels for a while and still is.
I remembered this by creating a little story. We can wholeheartedly agree or respectfully disagree, but we still want to forge relationship in which we’ll extol virtues that are extricably linked. Although many scathing attacks might render us speechless and scupper our plans, we’ll pretend like we’re blissfully unaware of them rekindling our love and passion. Maybe it’ll help someone as well.
@@tothepointenglishwithben. I'm particularly fond of your channel, and I booked my CAE exam for November 5, so it comes just in time. I'll enjoy for sure. Thanks for your riveting content!
Hi, would that be a bad idea for an episode on vocabulary for situations when we need to digress and then get back to the main topic ("revenons à nos moutons")?
no since i studying time at unfound you're channal for regret ,which is best ,all thing consider. everything for a piece of cake making, thought.so many for i extol virtue you but had i regredly speech being for flowless teaching
Proper Collocations are a bit more complex. They have to be the ONLY combination in a group of words. ONLY. So 'fish and chips', 'bucket and spade' , 'Happy New Year', for example, are collocations. 'Merry Xmas' isn't because we also say 'Happy Xmas', but 'Happy Birthday' is a collocation.
I'm sure many viewers will wholeheartedly agree with me that today's content rekindled our passion for advanced vocab. I'm rendered speechless by the video because knowledge is inextricably linked to the fun. Nothing will scupper my plans for watching some more. It's good that you want to forge a relationship with the subscribers by extolling the virtues of TTP. Reading comments I found no scathing attack on you but maybe I'm just blissfully unaware of that. Anyway, I would respectfully disagree with them ;) all the best for you Ben ;)
Wow, your videos are riveting! I'm wholeheartedly grateful for all your wonderful videos. BTW, I'm reading a book "catch-22" that you have recommended. It's a mesmerizing 🔥, the meaning is so profound
I always extol the virtues of my friend , because she never uses bad word for other person. 2) my neighbours forge a relationships with us. 3) tv is inextricably linked with remote. 4) I was render speechless on the occasion of her birthday party. 5) our plans has been scuppered by my uncle . so that we could not go outside. 6) she was blissfully unaware when we throw a party for him in restaurants. If I made any mistakes please let me know teacher.🙏🏿👍 6)
Hi Ben, first of all, thank you for your very well-done videos, they're really useful! I guess scathing attack is always used in the singular but is there any difference in using it with the indeterminate article "a" or without it? thanks in advance for your kind attention! Lucia
He by no means respectfully disagreed, but rather launched a scathing attack at her, rendering her speechless by his impudent animosity. Though she had only been trying to forge a healthy relationship with him, his blatant rudeness caused her to extol the virtues of the single life she was living prior to dating him. Back then, she had been blissfully unaware of the heartache which would result from getting involved with a narcissist. 😂
Thanks for the video, teacher. I'd like to ask, how often do native speakers use the word "scupper"? It seems to me that words like "spoil" or "wreck" would be also fine and I hear them quite frequently. Thanks in advance
I wholeheartedly agree : I totally/completely agree I respectfully disagree : with all due respect, shouldn't we ... instead? with all due respect, I really think we should ... instead. to extole the virtues of : to hail the virtues of to forge relationships : to form/shape relationships inextricably linked : intricately connected to render someone speechless : to render someone dumbfounded to scupper the plan : to ruin the plan to launch a scathing attack : to launch a harsh attack to be blissfully unaware : ignorance is a bliss to rekindle the passion/love : to respark the passion/love 😀
-to be oblivious to/of something means to be unaware of or not to be concerned about what is happening around oneself. -to be unaware of something cannot be used to mean "not to be concerned about something" -We use to be blissfully unaware of to mean not to be aware of something unpleasant/upsetting only. It is correct to say "he is unaware of the good/bad news", but we would only say "he is blissfully unaware of the bad news", never "he is blissfully unaware of the good news".
Hi Ben. Your teachings are nothing but great, but it's hard to focus on the content because you're so handsome!😮😊I get distracted (find myself in trouble) about the grammar part and looking at you😍 Sorry!😬
I truly appreciate your material. However, I feel it'd be even better without the continously climate change/inequality stuff. Not every one believes these narratives and Noone I know likes being lectured on their views.
Hi Helena. I'm glad you appreciate my material. Climate change and social issues are topics which commonly appear in the Cambridge English exams, and I think it's important to use those topics in my examples (which I will continue to do, despite your suggestion). I'm clearly not "lecturing" anyone: they are simply examples designed to help students understand how to use the vocabulary I teach in some kind of context (and not at all provocative or controversial). You have the choice to watch my videos or not and to subscribe or unsubscribe. I assume it's not the topics of the examples that bother you but the fact that you don't agree with the content (eg climate change and poverty are inextricably linked). Will you be asking the Oxford English dictionary to remove any examples you disagree with next? All the best.
Lately l have been reading a book called "Atomic habits" this book is incredibly amazing and motivating and let me tell you more about this book in this book you can truly learn the art of mastering good habits it really rekindeld my love for books and once you finish reading it will render you speechless of how much knowledge you gained about incorporating habits and l always extol how fascinating it is. Thanks a ton for this dynamic and incredibly handy lesson. Keep it up. ☺️💖
You are a great teacher, Ben. I learn with you almost everyday, my objective is CAE. Now I'm saving money for your course, and hope to start it till the end of this year. Can't wait. I do really appreciate that you don't use any marketing and selling techniques, any tiring ads. Your approach and knowledge are your best ads and there's no need to do anything more.
Thank you Ben for your video. It is very useful and I will rewatch it to learn more. Straight to the point. 2:05 Wholeheartedly agree: I am a passionate podcast listener and I have never come across that expression. But who knows. You know the following phenomena? When you are learning a word, all of a sudden you see it everywhere. 3:27 Vehemently disagree Respectfully disagree 5:06 To extol virtues 6:0 Use search feature on Twitter (This is very useful, use other apps and websites as well. (For example Youglish) 6:30 To forge relationships 7:00 Inextricably linked. 8:07 To render speechless I like that expression a lot. Cheers, Daniel
Hi Ben! Your excellent presentation on collocation rekindle my passion to learn a new dimension of languages not only English. You deserve a heartfelt appreciation from me. Carry on!
Thank you Sir. This collection is really top-shelf, and not for average English speakers like me. I had the satisfaction of approaching something higher, not texts and conversations of my level. It's a good motivation, by the by. I would like to reach this bar somehow and someday. "Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid".
I passed cae exams in 2019. I love watching and studying from your videos, anyway. There were some here I did not know. Your videos are amazing to brush upon. I greatly appreciate your effort.
Let me mention, these expressions mostly exist in other languages: I speak Hungarian so it is easy to understand these collocations. F.e. "scupper" in Hungarian in a mirror translation is: to sink a ship by hitting a hole into the side, so it will sink sooner or later. I think collocation is frequently used in newspapers for the sake of better understanding and to spare a lot of work for journalists. But the use of collocations can be applied in high literature when the writer's opinion is somehow sarcastic about the state of the world or people. Just think about Bertold Brecht.
Ere I have finished watching, the idea of Sir Starmer's scathing attack on Rishi Sunak on his first day as the PM had cropped up in mind. Surprisingly, it has not only been the case with Mr Sunak.
I beg your pardon, Ben, for spamming your comment section, but like the water and tea, the practice of the language and the channel of yours are inextricably linked together.
Can you create a summary with all words at the end of the video? So as that take a capture. Your videos are amazing and so helpful anyways! Btw blissfully unaware I knew it as blissfully ignorant😂 American maybe, a little rude
Not to over extol the virtues of Ben's teaching skills, but I ought to admit, I wholeheartedly agree to vehemently disagree that there are many more better English teachers out there on the RU-vid platform.
